Post on 12-Aug-2020
Self-selection Minimising Chaos through Effective Team
Design
Sandy Mamoli
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Case Study
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2/3rds of NZ’s domestic internet traffic
20,000 DB transactions/second
3000 Chickens per month
$1.2 Billion Market Cap
The art of team design
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60% design
30% launch
10% coaching
Research J. Richard Hackman: h6p://bit.ly/1JSM2sl
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A pivotal moment
Total Squadification
PEOPLE KNOW BEST…
…Self Selection
What is Self-Selection?
Self-Selection is a facilitated process of letting people self-organise into small, cross-functional teams.
Based on the belief that people are at their happiest and most productive if they can choose what they work on and who they work with, we think it is the fastest and most efficient way to form stable teams.
How to run a Self-Selection event at scale?
Fear!
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What we learned from the trial
• The principle works
• Rinse and repeat faster
• Visualisation
• Display Management buy-in
Going all in …
A leap of faith for people
Preparation
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A fully formed squad is …
• Capable of delivering end-to-end
• 3-7 people
• Co-located
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Define Squads
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The Big Squadification Day
A fully formed squad
When to stop?
The last round
8/11 Full Squads!
Observations
Rounds
It’s all about relationships
Key people on holiday
“It gave great insight into what other teams and parts of the business do.”
“People had equal opportunity to do what they really want to do / think they would be good at.”
“It’s good that people could decide for themselves, and trust was given to do this well.”
“Freedom! Fascinating to see how it all worked out. Excellent result, and nice to know we were able to achieve it without having to get nasty or dictatorial.”
Insights and data
People can be trusted
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Management
2 years later …
People getting happier
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30+ Squads
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Still growing
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months
We squadify every …
6
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Stability?
When to use Self-Selection?
• Growth
• Agile adoptions
• Unsure whether you have the right teams
• In a rut
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Sandy Mamoli
sandy@nomad8.com
@smamol